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Status: Released
Average Rating: 5
Release Date: Apr 4, 1961
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Run Time: 1h 37m
Original Language: English
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Production Countries: United Kingdom
Production Companies: Dimitri De Grunwald Production
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Synopsis
Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy baroness. Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy (Nadia Gray), a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise (Michael Gough) questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Art | Art Direction |
Peter Murton
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Production Design |
Donald M. Ashton
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Draughtsman |
Terry Knight
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Set Decoration |
Pamela Cornell
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Directing | Director |
Peter Sellers
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Third Assistant Director |
Ray Freeborn
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Sound | Music |
Georges Van Parys
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Production | Producer |
Pierre Rouve
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Writing | Writer |
Pierre Rouve
Johnny Speight
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Theatre Play |
Marcel Pagnol
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Crew | Cinematography |
John Wilcox
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Editing | Editor |
Geoffrey Foot
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